Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
Youth Ministry E-News
May 2008 supplemental
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LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR NURTURING FAMILY FAITH!
This TUESDAY,
MAY 20 is the deadline for registering for
Nurturing Family Faith, our Spring MED with Leif Kehrwald of the Center for Ministry Development.
Bring your parish staff to learn how to work together to build the faith of parents and families
on May 22 from 9:00am to 3:00pm.at the Presidential Banquet Center
in Kettering. Cosponsored by the OYYAM, the Office of Evangelization and
Catechesis and the Family Life Office. For more information
check out the website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/oec/Upcoming_Event.htm. | OYYAM Summer | Summer Camps | Other Events | Resources |
We
still have some remaining spaces for the World Youth Day 2008 Celebration in Sidney, OH!
You can access the
promotional flyer and all registration materials from our
website at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin (click on the WYD Sidney, OH link).
Join 2,000 youth from the dioceses of Ohio and Michigan for this terrific
event! It will be held on the very same weekend as our friends who have
journeyed to Australia,
July 19-20, 2008, on the grounds of Lehman High School. The event is
complete with the experience of sleeping outside under the stars, great music by
Who Do You Say I Am, great speakers (including
Mike Patin) and terrific prayer times.
Final registration deadline is May 23rd. Don't miss out! Questions?
Give Tim Colbert a call at (937) 223-1001!
Space
still available for JH Summer CAMP
(Catholic And Mighty Proud). But reserve your spot NOW! JH CAMP is a weekend of fun, exciting learning experiences for incoming 7th and
8th graders on June 6-8, 2008, at the Bergamo Conference Center, near
Dayton. JH youth will learn about God and
the Catholic faith through innovative and interactive discovery sessions.
Workshop topics include: what it means to be a young Catholic; Jesus is
the way, the truth and the life; how to talk to others about your faith; and much
more! Your kids will also have opportunities for fun group games and
active learning initiatives. For more information
contact Andrea Parker at (937) 223-1001, or
go to our homepage at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin and find the JH Camp link in the center
of the page.
LAUDATE: Forming Youth for Music Ministry!
Now in its fourth year, this popular four-day, three-night workshop will feature
sessions in voice, organ, piano, guitar, and other instruments used in liturgy.
Teens will learn liturgy fundamentals and hear witnesses from those who work
in the field both full and part-time. This program is designed for young people
who love song, music, and faith, and want to bring them together in a fun
community experience during the summer.
Mark your calendars for June 9-12 and check out the center link at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin for more information.
TACKLE
(Teens Advocating Change through Knowledge Leadership and Experience) coming
June 22-27! Don't let your youth miss this powerful immersion
experience, an inspiring and challenging week that develops youth into strong,
justice-focused, Catholic leaders. The week includes community building, prayer,
and service learning directly from community leaders and those in need from our
own communities. Check out the TACKLE link on our homepage at
www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin for more information.| TCL | Training Christian Leaders, 2008 (July 31-Aug. 3): TCL 2008 develops the kind of leadership in kids that Jesus taught us: servant leadership, along with specific skills for leading meetings, preparing and leading prayer, ministering to peers, and building community. TCL prepares young people to serve as leaders in their parishes and schools, and is especially effective at preparing young people to serve on youth ministry leadership teams, retreat teams, core teams, etc. TCL is a 3 1/2 day, Thursday-Sunday teen leadership institute at Bergamo near Dayton. See our homepage for more info. |
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Discernment
Weekend for Women: If you or any young woman you know
has thought about consecrated religious life, consider this upcoming
retreat sponsored by our vocations office. Offered at the Our Lady of the Holy
Spirit Center on June 6-8 (7 p.m. Friday to 12 noon Sunday), this retreat offers
a peaceful time to pray and reflect on what a vocation in religious life would
be like. Retreatants will hear religious sisters talk about their own calling,
answer questions, and have the opportunity to experience Christ's presence
during Adoration and Benediction. For young women from 15 to 30 years old,
registration is $35 per person, limited to 50 participants. For
more information and/or to register yourself or your young people, go to
www.cincinnativocations.org and
click on Upcoming Events. 
iDive,
iPlunge This summer the Jesuit Spiritual Center is
sponsoring service learning retreats for teens, including a 2-day iDive June
11-12 and a 6-day iPlunge July 20-25. The retreats will combine
volunteer service in the Greater Cincinnati area with Ignatian study and prayer,
and will offer 13- through 18-year-olds an opportunity to put faith into action.
Retreatants will be housed at the Jesuit Spiritual Center and will spend their
days alternating between work projects and service learning experiences at such
helping organizations as Tender Mercies, Mary Magdalene House and the Free Store
Food Bank. For more information, contact JSC youth directors Stephen and Angie
Poat at (513) 248-3500, ext. 11, or email
poat@jesuitspiritualcenter.com.
[Campus/Youth Ministers: if you’re wondering about the difference between TACKLE
and iPlunge, contact Sean Reynolds at the Cincinnnati OYYAM for a sheet that
compares the two programs.] 
Know
any students interested in pursuing a career in Film-making?
UndergroundZone
Ministries is now accepting registration for their
Summer 2008 ZAMA Student Film Camps.
Students will have the opportunity to be trained by Media Professionals and
experience the full production process. Each student will walk away from the
camp with a wealth of media knowledge and a short film they helped to create,
along with spiritual insights on how media can be used to influence society. The
2008 camp dates and locations are: June 22-27 at Kings Domain (just north
of Cincinnati), July 7-11 in Florence KY, and two options at the
Underground in Cincinnati July 21-25 and August 4-8. For more
information go to www.ZAMAonline.com or
contact Harold Hay at
harold@SurftheZone.com. 
Catholic
Soccer Camp:
One of the first of its kind, a new Catholic soccer camp
for young people 8-17 years old is coming this summer to the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in
collaboration with the World Youth Soccer Academy and The Soccer Academy©
Television Show. With an international team of world-class players as
instructors, the purpose is to promote Catholic-Christian values while teaching
the beautiful game of soccer at a world class level. There are two camps two
choose from , July 6th-11th or July 13th-18th, 2008. Full cost is $595
(including a soccer uniform with two jerseys and a ball) for the week, or only
$185 for day campers. For more information, go to
www.CatholicSoccerCamps.com and
click on the "about us" link. 
One Bread, One Cup:
Bring your youth to a five-day liturgical leadership conference for parish and
school teams of high school students and their leaders at St. Meinrad School of
Theology in Indiana on June 16-20, June 27-July 1, or July 7-11, 2008.
This conference brings a greater understanding of involvement in and enthusiasm
for the liturgy to today’s teenagers. Youth and their adult ministers are formed
in the spirituality and theology of liturgy and are trained in the ministries
performed at liturgical prayer. The daily schedule of the conference
includes theology sessions, liturgical skills sessions, spirituality sessions,
Mass, Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, and time
for recreation and socializing. Cost for tuition, room and board is $450.
Early bird registration deadline is March 1st. For more information, check out
oboc.saintmeinrad.edu/conferences.aspx.
St. Mary's College 2008 Spiritual Leaders:
An Institute for Young Women of
Faith. Female high school students who will be sophomores, juniors
or seniors in Fall 2008 are welcome to this spiritual leaders institute put on
by St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN from July 6-12, 2008. Total
cost for all programming, housing, meals and outings is only $200.
The application process does include a short essay and a letter of
recommendation. For more information, email questions to
jfean@saintmarys.edu or check out
their website at
www.saintmarys.edu/~campmin and follow the link to Spiritual Leaders 2008.
Benefit
Concert for Youth Attending World Youth Day Sidney Australia:
St. Jude's in Bridgetown (5924 Bridgetown Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45248), is proud to present,
Maria Spears and Hinge in concert. So mark your calendars for
May 24th at 7pm and get your
tickets and be sure to attend a dynamite evening packed full of amazing music.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door, with children under 10
attending free. All proceeds from this family friendly event at St. Jude's go
to support young people mostly from St. Jude's Bridgetown, St. Joseph's North
Bend and St. Charles in Kettering attending World Youth Day Australia 2008.
Thousands
to Cross Purple People Bridge for Life: For the third year, thousands of
people will gather Sunday, June 1, 2008 (2-4:00 pm) for the annual Cross
the Bridge for Life across the Purple People Bridge to raise awareness for the
sanctity of human life. Over twenty area pro-life organizations have organized
this event for a tri-state celebration of life. All participants will
first meet at the World Peace Bell Center at 421 Monmouth St. in Newport, KY, by
Newport On-the-Levee. The event will begin with a brief program conducted
by Honorary Event Chairman, Brian Patrick, host of the Son Rise Morning Show,
Sacred Heart Radio, then kick off with Brian's ringing of the World Peace Bell.
Bagpipers from the Ancient Order of Hibernians will lead walkers across the
bridge. The event will end back at the World Peace Bell with food provided
by JTM Food Group, and music by Last Day and Popple.
Due to generous sponsors, the event and all included is FREE, including
t-shirts (appreciated donation $5.00 each). All are welcome to participate
in Cross the Bridge for Life-a day of family fun and powerful prayer. For
more information, see
www.crossthebridgeforlife.com or contact Jamie Mather at
ROPC1@fuse.net.
Have
you checked out www.DisciplesNow.com
lately? Totally redesigned and improved, this totally Catholic, totally teen
website is the place for your teens to find music, movies, Q&A columns and more.
You can also form an online group (like a facebook community) to share
information, calendars, etc. from a kid-safe place! And, best of all, it's
all free! Go online today and check it out, then pass it along to
your kids. 
Harcourt Religion
Publishers and the Center for Ministry Development have collaborated on a
new online resource for high school catechesis, Call to Discipleship.
This new subscription site provides 54 core catechetical sessions
that are foundational to systematic catechesis, making the work of any youth
minister much easier. Designed to go hand-in-hand with Youth Ministry
Access, together they provide numerous sessions, retreats, service
events family faith sharing programs and more, to help you help youth connect
faith with life. You can see a sample at
www.calltodiscipleship.com/demo.php. For more information on Youth
Ministry Access, go to
http://secure.cmdnet.org/store.cfm. Cost depends on the size of your parish.
Help
your graduating seniors carry their faith into college! Please
encourage your graduating seniors to complete the information form at:
www.cdeducation.org/oym/cm/connection.htm, created by the Catholic
Conference of Ohio. The data collected on the form will be sent directly to the
Ohio diocesan director of campus ministry for the Ohio college or university the
student is going to attend. The diocesan director will then communicate this
information to the appropriate campus minister or nearby parish, to help your
students connect with the campus ministry programs and area parishes where they
will be studying. In addition to the online form, a printer-friendly version of
the form is also available at the same website for you to distribute to and
collect from students. Thanks for taking the time to help your young people make
solid faith connections when they get to college.
Is
the price of gas keeping you from making a mission trip? The
Franciscans for the Poor is scheduling 2009 urban plunges for high school youth
groups and campus ministries. If your church is considering a mission trip, but
the travel costs are prohibiting you from moving forward, consider staying
local. Participants live in community at Tau Community House (formerly St.
Clement's Convent in St. Bernard) and volunteer at more than 15 different sites
in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. For more information, contact:
DirectorFranForThePoor@fuse.net
or contact Chris Lemmon, Program Director at Franciscans for the
Poor at 513-761-9040 ext. 110. Help us update our records!
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ABOUT THE E-News: The Youth Ministry E-News is a periodic on-line publication of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry. The Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry frequently forwards information about church-related youth ministry events and opportunities as a service to the youth ministry leaders of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Forwarding information does not imply Archdiocesan endorsement, sponsorship or approval. For more details about youth ministry opportunities offered specifically by our office, check out our website at www.catholiccincinnati.org/youthmin.
Peace,
Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry
E-mail:
cintioym@catholiccincinnati.org